African and European bishops say European leaders are prioritizing their own countries' benefits from African land deals, ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

Jewish leaders got front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there, and other Jewish representatives ...

Pope Leo XIV's church is growing steadily, but its believers are no longer concentrated on the continent where it was born.

In the spring of 1925, few people had heard of the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. By that summer, few people hadn’t heard ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

Explore the spiritual and cultural sides of Rick Steves' favorite apparition site, a powerful destination for pilgrims and ...

The U.S. government recently revised its travel advisories for two major European destinations — Spain and Germany — citing ...

On incendiary issues like migration, covid-19 or Gaza, the free exchange of opinions has given way to a more buttoned-up type ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

On May 17, the Georgian Orthodox Church commemorated the Day of Family Purity and Respect for Parents with marches and ...